METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DECENTRALIZED DIABETES MONITORING
First Claim
1. A method for decentralized monitoring of a progression of a diabetic state of a patient, the method comprising:
- obtaining a pre-test venous blood sample and a pre-test capillary blood sample from the patient after the patient fastscontemporaneously obtaining an initial set of venous blood samples and an initial set of capillary blood samples from the patient in a centralized setting after a standardized metabolic challenge, wherein the diabetic state is diagnosed using the initial set of venous blood samples and wherein a first test baseline is established by correlating the initial set of capillary blood samples with the initial set of venous blood samples;
implementing a therapy for the patient to address the diabetic state diagnosed by the initial set of venous blood samples;
performing decentralized testing after reaching a target event, wherein a status test is obtained from a status pre-test capillary blood sample obtained from the patient after the patient fasts and from a status set of capillary blood samples obtained from the patient after a subsequent standardized metabolic challenge; and
comparing the status test with the first test baseline to determine an effectiveness of the therapy.
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Abstract
Methods for decentralized monitoring of a progression of a diabetic state of a patient include contemporaneously obtaining an initial set of venous blood samples and an initial set of capillary blood samples after a standardized metabolic challenge from the patient in a centralized setting, wherein the diabetic state is diagnosed using the initial set of venous blood samples and a first test baseline is established by correlating the initial set of capillary blood samples with the initial set of venous blood samples, implementing a therapy, performing decentralized testing after reaching a target event, wherein a status test is obtained from a status set of capillary blood samples obtained from the patient after a subsequent standardized metabolic challenge, and comparing the status test with the first test baseline to determine an effectiveness of the therapy.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for decentralized monitoring of a progression of a diabetic state of a patient, the method comprising:
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obtaining a pre-test venous blood sample and a pre-test capillary blood sample from the patient after the patient fasts contemporaneously obtaining an initial set of venous blood samples and an initial set of capillary blood samples from the patient in a centralized setting after a standardized metabolic challenge, wherein the diabetic state is diagnosed using the initial set of venous blood samples and wherein a first test baseline is established by correlating the initial set of capillary blood samples with the initial set of venous blood samples; implementing a therapy for the patient to address the diabetic state diagnosed by the initial set of venous blood samples; performing decentralized testing after reaching a target event, wherein a status test is obtained from a status pre-test capillary blood sample obtained from the patient after the patient fasts and from a status set of capillary blood samples obtained from the patient after a subsequent standardized metabolic challenge; and comparing the status test with the first test baseline to determine an effectiveness of the therapy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device for decentralized monitoring of a progression of a diabetic state of a patient, the electronic device comprising:
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a display; an input terminal for inputting a first test baseline established using an initial set of capillary blood samples, wherein the initial set of capillary blood samples were contemporaneously obtained with an initial set of venous blood samples in a centralized setting, the initial set of venous blood samples being used to diagnose the diabetic state of the patient, and a plurality of status tests each established using a status set of capillary blood samples; memory for storing the first test baseline, the plurality of status tests and instructions; and a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the instructions, the instructions causing the processor to compare the plurality of status tests to the first test baseline such that an effectiveness of a therapy may be determined wherein the therapy was implemented between obtaining the initial set of capillary blood samples and each of the status sets of capillary blood samples. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A decentralized testing kit for decentralized monitoring of a progression of a diabetic state of a patient, the decentralized testing kit comprising:
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a plurality of standardized metabolic challenges; a plurality of testing materials operable to obtain an initial set of capillary blood samples and to obtain a status set of capillary blood samples in a decentralized setting after a patient administers one of the plurality of standardized metabolic challenges, wherein the initial set of capillary blood samples are obtained contemporaneously with an initial set of venous blood samples in a centralized setting and wherein the plurality of testing materials are operable to measure a biomarker from each capillary blood sample such that a first test baseline is obtained by correlating the initial set of capillary blood samples with the initial set of venous blood samples and a status test is obtained from the status set of capillary blood samples obtained in the decentralized setting; and tracking materials operable to compare the first test baseline with the status test to determine an effectiveness of a therapy implemented between the obtaining of the initial set of capillary blood samples and the status set of capillary blood samples. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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